The ABC TV show about what happens in the future apparently doesn’t have one. FlashForward has been cancelled after one season.
FlashForward begins as the world’s population blacks out for 137 seconds and they “flash forward” to see visions of their lives six months in the future. The series’ ensemble cast includes Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton, Peyton List, Dominic Monaghan, Brian F. O’Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Sonya Walger, and Christine Woods.
The series debuted in September and attracted a 4.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 12.47 million viewers. With a lot of buzz, it seemed like ABC had a hit. For week two, the ratings dropped to a still very respectable 3.7 and 10.73 million.
But then viewership just kept falling, hitting a low of a 2.1 in the key demo and just 7.1 million viewers. Then, ABC pulled the series for three months. The spin was that they would relaunch FlashForward after the Olympics.
The network gave the return a significant amount of promotion but it didn’t help. FlashForward’s ratings were even worse and they just kept dropping. They’ve gotten so bad that The CW has been beating them in the demo.
To no surprise, ABC has cancelled FlashForward after one season of 20 episodes. The series finale will air in two weeks, on May 27th.
What do you think? Did FlashForward deserve a second season? Could ABC have saved it? If given the chance, how would you wrap it up?
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Good riddance, this show was horrible. The plot was half assed and the acting was subpar.
Please bring it back, i love this show!!
This was one of the best series since 24, please bring it back! I want to see what happens next.
I have been anticipating this show since the last episode and now I find out that its over. This is the only show that I have liked in a long time. I have watched every episode since it started and if I missed it, I watched it online. I think it was an awesome show and I am upset that they cancelled it.
YES.. I think Flash Forward deseverd another season. How can you make a judgement on one season? oh… the ratings??
ABC cancelled Flashforward…just great! The least they could do is put together a finale that really ties up the loose ends. Maybe a 2 hour special that would not leave us in the black hole. The viewers that watched the show ( I watched in with On-Demand on cable) invested numerous hours in it with high hopes that this year would be even better.
We read the book by Robert Sawyer and much to our surprise found the TV show was much better than the book. The characters were richer and the storyline was far more interesting. We were looking forward to seeing it in the fall and are terribly disappointed. It was great to see a well-written sci fi television show that wasn’t just all explosions and chase scenes.
You take off this show but you keep that retarted grey’s anatomy and gates show? Wow, at least put it into testing and e-mail the episodes to viewers and get there opinions. Seriously, best show in the world gets canceled. I hope you read these ABC. you are now the worst tv show hosters in the world.
BRING IT BACK!! AT LEAST ONE MORE SEASON! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!! BEST SHOW IN THE WORLD!!! EVEN BETTER THAN THERE LAST SHOW LOST!! GOOD STORY! IT KEPT ME AND MY FAMILY HOOKED!! JUST BRING IT BACK!
Please bring Flash-forward back, I always watched this show. If I didn’t watch I made sure that I taped it so that I wouldn’t miss anything. I couldn’t wait to see the next episode, I would watch the previous episode to see if I missed anything. Please bring it back.
Yeah seriously whoever is in charge of doing the ratings for ABC should be FIRED. Seriously. The show was effing great and I’ve been looking forward to it all summer only to find out ABC pulled it. No wonder ABC falls short of NBC, CBS, and FOX as far as good, no excuse me, great shows go. Flashforward might have been their most exciting show but too bad the people they hired to do their polling are the same people who poll people who watch Grey’s Anatomy no offense to nearly the entire female population I love you all)- of… Read more »
This is totally retarded. That show was bomb! How do they know people weren’t just recording it and watching it later on their DVRs!!! I love Flashforward, it had a great plot and great characters and there’s no reason for this show to be cancelled!!!! URGH!!!
Please, bring it back, this series it’s awesome, i’m from Chile and this is a story that make me see another and another chapter, come on, bring it on….
THIS SUCKS !!! I’ve been looking forward to that show all summer ! How could it not make it ? That show was Awsome ! My entire family was into it. We didnt miss a single episode. ABC bites !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE BRING IT BACK……I’M WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENDS NEXT…..